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EdTech Acronyms Explained

EdTech4Beginners

BYOD – Bring Your Own Device. OER – Open Educational Resource (this can be any online materials that are free to use). STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths. But have a look and get familiar with what they stand for: 1:1 – One to one (usually talking about the ratio of devices in a class per child).

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

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You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.